10 Free Quit Smoking Aids

We are of course all aware of the well known (and often expensive) quit smoking solutions such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or zyban or chantix/champix. However, no two smokers are alike and what works for some may not work for others. I have been researching again and found some pretty outlandish solutions. Here are a few examples of some of the free methods you can use to help you quit smoking.

Free Quit Smoking Aids #1: Visualisation
This sounds simplistic, I know, but write out what the last year of your life would be like if you kept smoking. Go into gruesome detail about oxygen tanks, voice boxes, what would happen to family and finally see yourself in the hospice. If you know someone who has, put yourself in the situation of someone you know who died of lung cancer, and just change 'him or her' to 'me.

Free Quit Smoking Aids #2: Water
This is one of the simplest, if somewhat more tedious methods there is. Put quit simply, drink as much water as you can at every craving. Keep it up for about three weeks and see how you get on.

Free Quit Smoking Aids #3: Cleaning
If your are tired of smoking, why not clean the whole habit out of your life in one fell swoop! Start by clearing all your cigarette paraphernalia out of the house, then do a top to bottom spring clean. Make sure you clean the walls too because they will be covered in tar and nicotine residue. Move onto your clothes – wash all of them in as short a time as you can. Consider doing your curtains too because they will hold the smell of tobacco too.

Free Quit Smoking Aids #4: Chewing Gum
Every time you want a cigarette, chew gum like crazy. Make sure you use a sugar free gum or you'll be rotting your teeth to bits. It helps keep your teeth clean and breath nice and fresh too (for a change)!

Free Quit Smoking Aids #5: Breathing
Rather than going for a smoke, take a drinking straw and just go through the motions. Suck, inhale, breath out and concentrate on the action, rather than the cigarette.

Free Quit Smoking Aids #6: Money Jar
Whatever method you choose to help you quit smoking, keep your motivation by putting the equivalent amount you would spend into a money jar. It will buy you a really nice holiday in 6 months or a really, really nice holiday in 12 months.

Free Quit Smoking Aid #7: Get Sick
Get sick! Of course, this sounds ridiculous. What I mean is, wait until you get that first winter cold. Most smokers don't feel much like smoking when they have a bad cold, the flu, or are laid up in bed. You also don't think about it or feel the urge very much because you aren't doing the things that you associate with smoking. So, the next time you get a cold, don't smoke and see if you can keep it up once you feel better!
Free Quit Smoking Aid #8: Have a kiss instead
Every time you want to have a cigarette, have a kiss instead. You either have to have willing partner or you could use it to (a) meet a new partner or (b) get locked up if you go about it the wrong way.

Free Quit Smoking Aid #9: Gross yourself out
Go on the internet and find out all the evil things cigarettes do to you. See if you can find videos and/or get pictures of non-smokers v. smoker's lungs. Study them and get yourself properly grossed out. Make them into a little wallet pack and every time you get an urge to smoke, have a look and see if it works.

Free Quit Smoking Aid #10: The best for last!
Your weren't born a smoker so just don't start - priceless!

Author's Bio:

Pete Howells has written the EasyQuit System that will help any smoker quit tobacco. The EasyQuit System works by giving smokers the instructions they need to follow to achieve their ambition to quit rather than just telling them smoking is bad for them. Visit http://easyquitsystem.com/ to find out more about his incredible process for quitting smoking that boasts 96% customer satisfaction.

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I've read the comments here and people are looking for free ways to quit smoking but what you have to remember is quitting smoking is better for your health so why don't you pay for the stop smoking aid? You spend $60.00+/ carton of smokes so pay the $$$$ to quit you will save in the end.
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I quit smoking on Nov 10,2010, I have been smoking for 29yrs and up to 100 smokes a day. I had my lungs tested first and had a breathing test done and x-rays done and my lungs were as good as a baby's lungs so I made up my mind to quit and so I spent $40.00 on the nicorette inhaler 42 cartridges pack read the instructions and I had started it . The only thing is I did not follow the way they wanted you to use the inhaler I puffed on it a few times when I craved for a smoke, not for 5 min, I have it in my pocket all the time but I just remind myself I'm quitting smoking because I want to. It's been 13 days and counting.
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"Free Quit Smoking Aid #9: Gross yourself out" is unlikely to work because most smokers already know this, and it doesn't make any difference. One of my clients was a mental health nurse, and she laughed about standing outside the hospital with her smoking buddy who was a cardiologist! Smart people who knew more about the biological effects of smoking than we ever will! Did this understanding help them quit? No, it didn't. What people need to quit is help to change the belief systems and thought patterns that keep them smoking. Once that's done, they are free!

Based on my experience in my Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Stop Smoking Hypnosis clinic, the key to getting free is dealing with the unresolved and unconscious emotional needs behind the habit of smoking. You will only be able to execute on the above tips if the emotional needs are not too strong.